December 2018 - BERG - University of Stirling Mailing Lists

Ending the year on a high
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 20 Dec '18

20 Dec '18

Dear BERGers It's been another great year for BERG, with three new appointments. We look forward to welcoming Pawel Fedurek<https://www.eva.mpg.de/primat/staff/pawel-fedurek/index.html> and Anthony Lee<https://www.gla.ac.uk/researchinstitutes/neurosciencepsychology/staff/antho…> in January, and Sharon Kessler<https://www.dur.ac.uk/anthropology/staff/research/?id=15971> in June, 2019. We've had a cracking autumn BERG seminar series ably organised by Gemma Mackintosh, with Deborah Bruce taking the reins for the spring semester. These meetings are such important opportunities for feedback and for networking, and so we offer big thanks to all our speakers, and to the organisers. Finally, the University's Top Ten of most shared 2018 articles - as measured by the Altmetric score of attention - has just been released, and two BERGers feature. Dr Liz Williamson (and BES's Boo Maisels) got number one spot Strindberg S, Maisels F, Williamson EA, Blake S, Stokes E, Aba'a R, Abitsi G, Agbor A, Ambahe R, Bakabana PC, Bechem M,Berlemont A, de Semboli B, Boundja PR & Jeffery KJ (2018) Guns, germs, and trees determine density and distribution of gorillas and chimpanzees in Western Equatorial Africa, Science Advances, 4 (4), Art. No.:eaar2964. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aar2964. Full-text available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27128 And Prof Craig Roberts was in third place. Jones BC, Hahn AC, Fisher C, Wang H, Kandrik M, Han C, Fasolt V, Morrison D, Lee AJ, Holzleitner IJ, O'Shea KJ, Roberts SC, Little AC & DeBruine LM (2018) No Compelling Evidence That Preferences for Facial Masculinity Track Changes in Women's Hormonal Status, Psychological Science, 29 (6), pp. 996-1005. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797618760197. Full-text available from: http://hdl.handle.net/1893/27213 Congratulations to them! Blog posting at: https://isnews.stir.ac.uk/2018/12/19/stirlings-top-ten-most-shared-2018-art… Tweets at: https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075426049859694592 https://twitter.com/isstirling/status/1075389493430153216 Happy holidays! Hannah Hannah M. Buchanan-Smith Professor, Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG) Room 3A79, Cottrell Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences University of Stirling Stirling, FK9 4LA Scotland Tel: 01786 467674 Fax: 01786 467641 E-mail: h.m.buchanan-smith(a)stir.ac.uk<mailto:h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk> Home page: https://rms.stir.ac.uk/converis-stirling/person/11925 http://marmosetcare.com/ http://www.247animalwelfare.eu/index.html Recently launched: http://refiningdogcare.com/ http://www.refiningdogcare.com/images/RDC%20Flyer.pdf

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BERG Christmas Party
by Gemma Mackintosh 11 Dec '18

11 Dec '18

Hello, All! Tomorrow is the last date for BERG, and what could be a better way to celebrate an excellent semester of talks than to with a Christmas Party? Join us in the common room at 5:30pm, Wednesday 12th December for some light festivities. We shall ask that everybody brings a little something to the party to share – nibbles, a bottle, or home baking if inclined. If you have any festive games you would like to bring along, please do! To add new members to our mailing list using the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe.) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/e3nuylt8aacxjyzdw40zqv4zpv6afil0 See you soon! Gemma

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BERG 5th December
by Gemma Mackintosh 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

Hello, All This week, we have Sobana Wijeakumar (hosted by Liz Renner) giving a talk titled "Shedding light on Stone Tool Making". As usual, BERG will start at 5:30pm in the common room - all welcome! To add new members to our mailing list using the following link: http://lists.stir.ac.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/berg (You can also use this link to unsubscribe.) For a regularly updated BERG schedule, follow this link: https://stir.box.com/s/e3nuylt8aacxjyzdw40zqv4zpv6afil0 ???See you soon! Gemma

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FW: Spring Semester Research Seminar Series
by Hannah Buchanan-Smith 03 Dec '18

03 Dec '18

Dear BERGers We have an opportunity to nominate seminar speakers for th Psychology spring semester series - please especially can we have one relevant to animal welfare/HAI as UFAW kindly sponsor one seminar speaker a seemster, so let us take this great opportunity! You may either nominate directly via Louise (louise.lavery(a)stir.ac.uk) with me copied in, or filter through me. Many thanks, Hannah From: Louise Lavery <louise.lavery(a)stir.ac.uk> Sent: 03 December 2018 10:12 To: Psychology Staff <PsychologyStaff(a)stir.ac.uk> Subject: Spring Semester Research Seminar Series Dear all, We are looking for individuals to nominate speakers for our Spring Research Seminar Programme series. Can I please request that you provide nominees by 15th December at the latest, apologies for the delay in requesting nominations. It has been a busy semester. When submitting nominees, can you please include nominees organisation, their areas of expertise and potential presentation topics. As hosts need to be available to welcome, introduce and entertain seminar speakers, can you please also advise which of the following dates are suitable for you: 24th January 31st January 7th February 14th February 28th February 7th March 14th March 21st March 28th March 4th April Kind regards, Louise Administration Assistant Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences (01786) 467640

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